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  • Mayor Bloomberg charges US giving 'shortshrift' to immigration policy

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Mayor Bloomberg charges US giving 'shortshrift' to immigration policy _ to its own detriment

    Channel 13 Sports 2010

  • Mayor Bloomberg charges US giving 'shortshrift' to immigration policy - to its own detriment

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Don't shortshrift Mr. Wilson though - he's also been two great HBO series small role characters - Six Feet Under (Arthur, the wannabe Mortician who hooks up with the mother), and Entourage (R.J. Martin - sort of the aintitcool. com version of the comic world).

    Malfesance for Malfesance's sake 2006

  • - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the country is "giving shortshrift to immigration" and that economic problems will worsen until America sends out a more welcoming message.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • WASHINGTON (AP) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the country is "giving shortshrift to immigration" and that economic problems will worsen until America sends out a more welcoming message.

    Long Island Press 2010

  • Shirley Sherrod says she's perplexed by the uproar over remarks she made 24 years ago about giving shortshrift attention to pleas for assistance by a white farmer.

    The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE 2010

  • WASHINGTON (AP) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the country is "giving shortshrift to immigration" and that economic problems will worsen until America sends out a more welcoming message.

    Channel 13 Sports 2010

  • She was forced out earlier this year when an excerpt of a speech she gave several years ago was posted by a conservative blogger on the Internet, remarks that seemed to show Sherwood giving shortshrift attention as a local agriculture to a poor white farmer's plea for financial assistance.

    Business News RSS from The Detroit News 2010

  • Shirley Sherrod says she's perplexed by the uproar over remarks she made 24 years ago about giving shortshrift attention to pleas for assistance by a white farmer.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

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